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The Umpteenth Journal Attempt

(Hopefully) daily ramblings from the hazy mind of Hasief Ardiasyah

Wednesday, January 05, 2005

Resumes, Oprah and elevators 

A major development on the job hunt front: I've just started work on the resume, albeit with some forceful cajoling from Hanief. Suck it. Anyway, a while ago he sent me two books on how to make a resume and how to do a job interview. Both books came with software aids. However, the resume book came out in 1996, so I was wondering whether the floppy disk would be compatible with XP. After figuring out how to work it, I began filling in my details - and wondering how to pad out my details so it'll seem like I've actually done quite a lot in my life. Now all I've got to do is figure out how to transfer the format to Word, and then on to the long, arduous process of finding a job that doesn't sound like mind-numbing torture and/or something I'm capable at...which I'm finding is rather short on supply.

In TV land: today's episode of Oprah (guilty pleasure, hur hur. Plus I don't check in religiously, so cut me some slack) was about a book called He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Guide To Understanding Men. It's supposed to be a self-help guide for women who're confused about mixed signals they receive from guys. On the show, a bunch of women with man problems posed questions to the author, and no matter the situation, it all boiled down to the fact that their guys just weren't that interested in them, otherwise they'd be trying harder to impress and commit, e.g. "He's just not that into you if he's not asking you out, because if he likes you, trust me, he will ask you out." In my case, perhaps you could add, "Maybe he does like you, but he doesn't see the point of trying if you don't meet him halfway." I wonder if the answers in the book also apply to women - if they were interested in you, they wouldn't disappear into thin air if you seemed to be into them. Ah, that explains it...

The mainlight of my Wednesday TV viewing is The Amazing Race. If you're reading this, are in South East Asia and have AXN, please watch if you haven't done so already. Very entertaining, the best reality show out there if an Emmy award is any indication. They'll be showing the earlier episodes of the season on Sunday the 16th and 23rd, so check it out. I won't give any details of this week's episode, but I will highlight another aspect that makes this series special due to the fact that it airs almost simultaneously as in the States: I can put more emotional investment in it because I don't know what's going to happen - plus there's an added benefit to the show not being as popular as, say, Survivor, The Apprentice or American Idol, because the results aren't plastered everywhere when I'm online, so I can avoid spoilers. Ergo, I get that sense of heartache whenever contestants I'm rooting for get eliminated. Which is what happened this week. Sad.

Back in the real world, me and Halief went to the Sahid Hotel to pick up Dad from this gathering of folk from his old high school almamater. We had to wait for a speech to be over, so we went around mucking about. The place was pretty deserted at that hour, the lifts were barely touched - in fact, we got on one and didn't press anything, just to see what would happen. And maybe get a sense of what getting trapped feels like. Not too bad, but then again we always had the option of pressing the button and instantly regaining our liberty.

posted by Hasief  # 1/05/2005 11:29:00 pm
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